Guard for poison-bottles.



F. SCOTT.

GUARD FOR POISON BOTTLES. APPLICATION FILED ,II0v.II. I913.

LSQLM. I Patented Apr. 22,1919.

tllWTED STATES FE FLOSSA SCOTT, OF SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA.

GUARD FOR POISON-BOTTLES.

Application filed November 8, 1918.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLossA Soorr, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Sugar Grove, in the county of Smyth and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Guards for Poison-Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention seeks to provide, as its principal object, an indicator for poison bottles and the like which may be easily attached to the bottle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a guard of this character attachable at or near the mouth of the bottle, so that it will unquestionably -indicate even in the darkness, the nature of the bottle to which it is attached, it being at the mouth, access to the contents of the bottle cannot be had without encountering the indicator.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character, which is simple, durable, and effective in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

Still further and other objects will appear as the invention is set forth in detail in the description which follows.

To the exact construction in which it is shown and described, the invention is not to be restricted, the right is reserved to make such changes or alterations as the actual reduction to practice may suggest, in so far as such changes or alterations may be comprehended in spirit by the annexed claim.

In the accompanying drztwingsr Figure 1 is a perspective view of the indicator and the neck of the bottle to which the indicator is attached,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a section Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the attaching band,

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a modified form.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a band 1 made preferably of flexible material, so that it may be bent easily around the neck of a bottle. At one end, the band is on the line 3-3 of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Serial No. 261,630.

provided with a tongue 2, and adjacent the opposite end is provided with a series of uniformly spaced apertures 3 through any one of which, the tongue may be inserted when the band is attached to the bottle neck.

The tongue after insertion through the aperture is bent back on the body portion of the band to retain the two ends thereof in contact engagement. [he band is devised as a means for attaching the guard to the bottle, the guard being in the form of a ring t which is preferably rectangular in cross section. The ring is split transversely, however, and the ends thus left are bent back on themselves to form the eyes 5 which correspond in shape to the cross sectional shape of the band 1. The band 1 is led through these eyes and when it is attached to the neck of the bottle, the split ring -t straddles the mouth of the bottle, thus preventing the removal of the cork inadvert ently.

A series of wires 6 made preferably of spring steel are wound spirally around the ring beginning at the eyes 5 and each wire has its free end inserted transversely through the material of the ring, thus leaving a radial projection which acts as a prong.

It is evident that a bottle with the improved guard attached thereto will avoid the danger of having its contents removed in the dark or removed inadvertently, as the guard effectively shields the mouth of the bottle and its cork cannot be removed without encountering the guard.

The prongs or wires 6 are omitted at the top of the ring 4; to provide a space to permit the attachment of a sign 7, indicating the contents of the bottle.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, a continuous ring 8 takes the place of the ring t and a cork screw 9 is attached to the ring, it being the object of this modification to secure the guard to the cork of the bottle by inserting the cork screw therein.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction. and operation of the invention is apparent, and further description is, therefore, unnecessary.

The invention having been described, What is claimed as new and useful is:

A poison bottle indicator comprising a ring, a series of spring Wires Wound around the ring and having their free ends inserted transversely through the material of the ring so that these free ends project ratlially to form prongs, and means for attaching 10 the ring to the neck of a bottle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FLOSSA SCOTT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

